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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 19, folder 6·Undated

Kourion Complex, Mitford Cards

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 39 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 19, folder 6 (Kourion Complex, Mitford Cards), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 19, folder 6, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 39 of 110

79 158

Honorific decree in favour of a prominent citizen, high priest of Rome, Treasurer + clerk of the Market. 30-1 B.C.?

Mentions Prytaneion

158. 1. old ref. Apollo Tr. 5 1.17 East 5.10-6.00 just north of threshold and leaning against it 1st stratum, surface soil. P69 F51 2. New grid ref. H 16; m 10 3. New Bldg or Area Ref: Ap. Sanctuary of Apollo, South Bldg, N.W. part of Threshhold N.W. \# outside East door of Room 3, surface soil. Dec. 8, 1935-

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

Objects named on this pageKourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

By the field number written in the record. A number links to the object’s page where we have one, and to the Penn Museum’s record where the museum has it online.

Recorded

  • Inscription (honorific decree)

Also mentionedP69, F51

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